ACT Anent the Covenant.

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DIEV ET MON DROIT

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE

Edinburgh, May 8. 1685.

OUr SOVERAIGN LORD and Estates of Parliament, Do hereby Declare, that the giving, or taking of the National Covenant, as Explained in the Year 1638, or of the League and Covenant, so commonly called; or VVriting in defence thereof, or ovvn­ing of them as lavvful or obligatory on themselves, or others, shall infer the Crime and pains of Treason.

EDINBURGH, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Sacred Majesty, Anno Dom. 1685.

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